Click to play videoNew Delhi: Mark Lammers is a legendary name in the world of hockey and led the Netherlands women's team to gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Beijing Olympics gold is just one of the many titles the Netherlands women's team achieved under Lammers.
For someone who has led both men's and women's teams in the past decade, Lammers has an interesting take on the difference in the mindsets.
Women are really disciplined. They really follow you. If I tell them to come and run on the right side of a building, they come immediately and do it. If I ask the men to run on the right side of the building they will immediately ask why not on the left side," says Lammers.
However, disciplined they might be Lammers is quick to admit that coaching women could have its own share of "big worries" as well. It was something that he discovered at Beijing with his Dutch team.
"They said we have to be sexy. I said that is not the point to win an Olympic gold medal. But they said no it is important for us to show that sport is really important for women," Lammers says.
The good news is after pocketing a gold at the Olympics, the World Cup as well as the Champions Trophy, Lammers now has his eyes set on India..
"If I have do it in India I want to coach the men's team as I have done for 12 years with the women. So for me it is a new target to coach the men's team for 2012," he says.
Clearly, he is a man who could prove to be the real life "Kabir Khan" for Indian hockey as the sport continues to eagerly wait for a real life Chak Detype revival in its fortunes.
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